Talk:Jynx

Vandalism

Just letting people know.. that this page was vandalized with the pictures of penises at the top.

To whoever who is doing this--GROW UP!

Holiday Hi-Jynx

In the article it says that: Holiday Hi-Jynx...isn't re-aired in English

But I have seen it on Tooonami UK. Does anyone have further information on this? Sonic Mew 21:01, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

• I kept editting it as "isn't re-aired in USA", but I don't know who always change it back!! =o=|||

Ive seen that chritmas ephisode with jynx in it on kidswb Im it may have just been one time but they aired the ephisode in america

What about Yama-uba

I heard recently that Jynx might be related to the mythological beast Yama-uba, the mountain Crone. It's not just bulbapedia. A youtube video by Matthew Patrick, titled "Game Theory: Pokemon Racism, Jynx Justified" also confirms this.

More over Hild and her daughter Urd in Oh My Goddess! are both dark skinned and being from 1988 predate Jynx by several years so the old defense that Jynx was based on Hild of Norse mythology may also be valid.--67.42.65.212 (talk) 11:28, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Because the Japanese would of course know an obscure symbol of white-on-black racism from a century back on the other end of the planet?

...NOT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.213.30 (talk) 05:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

News headline: undereducated white man attempts to casually dismiss racism, but accidentally implies that Japanese people are stupid and uneducated about historical stereotypes like he is. 68.33.78.75 (talk) 15:26, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Jynx/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 03:09, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Alexandra IDV (talk · contribs) 20:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I'll do this one.--Alexandra^IDV 20:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Lead and infobox

• Seems fine.

Design and characteristics

• Originally called "Rujura" in Japanese - In the lead, the Japanese name is introduced as "Rougela", with the Hepburn romanization "Rūjura" (with a long u sound). Here, the name is given as "Rujura" (with a short u sound). Either change to "Rougela" or "Rūjura".
• "pre-evolution" is Pokémon jargon, it should be explained.
• Jynx Pokémon walk in a dance-like fashion - I'm unsure what the word "Pokémon" is doing here?
• Red & Blue, as well as in Leaf Green - rewrite as Red, Blue, and LeafGreen
• Does any further explanation exist for "strange orbs"? It's really vague, and I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be picturing.

Appearances

• You've already linked Red and Blue once
• There are a few instances where you're italicizing "and" in "Pokémon [game 1] and [game 2]" - it shouldn't be italicized as it's not part of the titles.
• It would make more sense to write "the Pokémon Snap games" rather than listing both of them individually, right?
• Italicize the [[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokemon'' anime]]
• Outside of video games, Jynx first appeared in the Pokémon anime in "Holiday Hi-Jynx" when one of Santa Claus's Jynx was separated from him, Ash and friends helped to return the Jynx to her owner. this feels a bit like a run-on sentence, and its clauses aren't joined together correctly
• Jynx later appears in episodes of Pokémon: Advanced Generation, with the inoffensive purple skin color - Whether something is offensive or not is subjective, would consider striking the word "inoffensive" and let readers decide for themselves
• Jynx has made a number of appearances in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, with the black-skinned design before the Weatherford controversy - this is the first time Weatherford is mentioned in the article body. Needs to either be explained, or reworded to something like "before the design change"
• I think we need to give some (brief) context for vocaloids and Hatsune Miku, we can't expect general readers to know what this means

Controversy and reception

• Per WP:CRITS, we should avoid using the word "controvery" in the section heading. I think the simplest solution is to just call the section "reception".
• I guess this is not an issue with the article, but it's wild to me that IGN, while criticizing the design for offensiveness, would themselves use the wording "transvestite midget". What the hell.
• Italicize heta-uma per MOS:FOREIGNITALIC and link to heta-uma. I would also suggest giving just a little bit of context for the term, maybe by writing the humor of heta-uma art, since we can assume most enwp readers will be unfamiliar with it.

Sources

• The sources cited all seem fine.
• I spot-checked the use of 10% of the sources at random. The numbers are as of this revision.
  • 10, Yahoo. OK.
  • 11, TheGamer. OK.
  • 27, CBR. OK.
  • 37, IGN. OK.
  • 38, ScreenRant. OK.

Images

• Both the images are very reasonable inclusions. No problems here.
• Not part of the GA criteria, but I would recommend adding brief, descriptive alt text to the images for the sake of readers with impaired vision.

Discussion

Looks good! I brought up a few issues I found, but nothing major. I'll put the review on hold for a week - please let me know when you have addressed the above or if you have any questions.--Alexandra^IDV 07:51, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Alexandra IDV I've addressed your concerns above. Can't believe I missed some of this in my initial edits, honestly. Let me know if you have any more concerns in regards to the article. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Pokelego999: Excellent, thank you very much! I made a few further minor changes, and am now ready to promote this to GA.--Alexandra^IDV 13:16, 9 May 2024 (UTC)